In front of almost 15,000 fans, a pulsating encounter looked headed for a draw after Manny Muscat’s goal for Phoenix cancelled out Federico Piovaccari’s early opener.
But Bridge had the final say with a composed finish from a corner in the 85th minute to give the Wanderers a fourth straight win to stay on the heels of league-leaders Brisbane Roar.
GOALS
1-0 Piovaccari (9’) – A swift counter-attack from the home side saw Mitch Nichols slide a through ball into the path of Mark Bridge, who had timed his run perfectly to stay onside. Bridge surged through towards goal and as he got to ‘keeper Glen Moss unselfishly squared to Piovaccari to tap into an open goal.
1-1 Muscat (18’) – The ball made its way to Muscat on the left of the box, with the left-back cutting inside of one defender before his low shot went through a crowd of players and nestled in the far corner of the net.
2-1 Bridge (85’) – A Wanderers corner was flicked on by Brendon Santalab, with the ball looping to Mark Bridge at the far post. The attacker took it down and around Roy Krishna in one touch before steadying himself and firing into the roof of the net.
TEAMS:
Western Sydney Wanderers: Redmayne, Neville, Alberto, Topor-Stanley (c), Jamieson, Delgado (Pepper 90’), Andreu, Vidosic (Castelen 61’), Nichols, Bridge, Piovaccari (Santalab 71’)
Wellington Phoenix: Moss, Gulley, Sigmund (Fenton 52’), Durante (c), Muscat, Riera, Bonevacia (Appiah-Kubi 90’), Rodriguez, McGlinchey, Krishna, Sarpong (Rufer 46’)
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